The Forward 4 are an ensemble of graduate and undergraduate musicians from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. They have been invited to perform at ClarinetFest 2013 in Assisi, Italy, they’ve performed at the International Clarinet Association’s Conference in Nebraska, and they won 3rd prize at the Utah Chamber Music Competition. 

Music Director Henry Càceres is a doctoral student and the principal clarinetist of the University of Utah Philharmonia Orchestra, and the assistant principal clarinet of the Symphony Orchestra of Concepcion, Chile. Today he and the rest of the ensemble chat with host Peggy Woodruff and share some classical chamber pieces, but also some much newer ones including a song that has never-before been heard on radio! 

Repertoire: Bordel 1900 – Claude Voirpy, adapted by Bruce Edwards; Ca la Breaza – Igor Iachimciuc; Funeral March of a Marionette (Alfred Hitchcock Theme) – Charles Gounod, trans. Jari Villanueva; Tico-Tico for Clarinet Quartet – Zequinha de Abreu; Trio Bachanale – Zefir Brezanu; Contrabanda – Devotchka, arr. Nick Morandi; Czardas – Anonymous; Easy Winners – Scott Joplin; Klezmer Dances – Göran Fröst, arr. Henry Càcares; 

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